The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1887-01-02
CATHOLIC cHURcH NOTES.
What is Going or i'm Catholic Circles
Throughout the state.

composer is going to Rome to direct its ex-
ecution in the Sistine Chapel.
Work has been stopped on st. Bird
gets new church for the last few weeks,
and it is not likely to be resumed until
Spring, owing to the severity of the
weather.
Father Kelly, of St.. Mary's Church, this
city, is one of the finest speakers in the
State, and large crowds are attracted to
that church every Sunday evening to hear
his eloquent sermons.
Rev. j. j, Murphy, rector of st. Law
rences Church. Weehawken, continues to
reside at st. Bridget's rectory for the pres
ent, and he will do so for short time
longer, until he gets things in good shape
in Weehawken and buys or rents pas
toral residence there.
Right Rev. Bishop wigger will visit st.
Lucy's Church, Fifteenth street, on
Wednesday next. He will deliver an ad-
dress to the congregation in the evening,
and on Thursday morning he will say mass
in st. Lacy's Church. There will no doubt
be large attendance of the parishioners
on both occasions.
The handsome chair donated by John
Mullins & Co., in aid of the new church in
st. Piuss parish, East Newark, and which
was competed for by the friends of MIR.
John Reardon on the one hand, of Mr..
Peter Goodman on the other, was presented
to the successful competitor on New Years
day. The decision as to who was the for
tunate man was announced on Friday
morning last.
The Forty Hours Devotion, which began
in St. Michael's Church on Sunday last
after High Mass was concluded on Tuesday
I
tional exercises on each evening The SER
mon on Sunday evening was delivered by
Monsignor De Concilio that on Monday
evening by Rev. Father Murphy, formerly
of the Passionists, and on Tuesday even
ing by Rev. Peter ODonnell, of Orange,
N. J.
Last week being the end of the period
during which the Jubilee could be made,
there were great numbers engaged in full
filling its observances, visiting the three
churches designated, giving aims and ap-
preaching the sacraments. A plenary in
diligence was obtained by all those who
performed the exercis ss of the Jubilee in
accordance with the conditions prescribed.
Ills devotion was established by Pope
Roniface VIII. in the year 1900.
The receipts of the Parish of Our
Lady of Grace, Hoboken, for the year
1886, amounted to S2l, 900. During the
year Rev. Father Corrigan made reduc-
ton or the debt of the parish of SIS, 900, be-
sides paying 81 600 on account of the new
rectory now in course of erection which is
really equivalent to reduction IN the debt
during the past year of $4,000. The Christ
mas collection amounted to $500, and is
the largest ever taken up in Hoboken.
There will be grand temperance rally
on Sunday evening next at st. Michael's
Institute, under the auspices of St. Mich
ael's L. A. b. Society. Monsigncr De Con-
clio will preside, and the address of the
of the evening will be delivered by Rev. P.
Corrigan, of Hoboken, who is President of
the State Temperance Union. A delega-
ton of fifty members OF the Hobeken {.
A. B. Society connected with Father Corri-
gans parish will attend the meeting in a
body.
The Christmas collection at st. Johns
Church, Paterson, amounte | to over 81, 900;
the collection at Rev. Father HEM SIS, s
church, st. Patrick's, on Ocean avenue.
amounted to 1900; that at st. Pius's
Church, East Newark, amounted to 81. 600:
at st. Bridget's, Jersey City, 81, 300; at st.
Mary's. Jersey City, 81, 600; at st. Johns.
Orange, $1,000; at St. Mary's, Plainfeld,
$500; at st. Joseph's, Baldwin avenue,
Jersey City Heights, $500; at St. Lucy's,
Fifteenth street. Jersey City, $3.50; at st.
Augustines, Union Hill. $500; at st.
Joseph's, Paterson, $500; and at Our Lady
of Mount Carmel, Boonton, $165.
The children of st. Mary's Orpban,s
Asylum on Jersey avenue, JERSEY CITY.
gave an entertainment in aid of this wor.
the charity On Wednesday and Thursday
evenings, December 29th and Both, which
was very literally patronized by persons
from every parish in the city.
The singing, Rotations and acting of
thd children should the excellence of the
training they are receiving at the hands of
the good Sisters of Charity, who have them
IN charge. 1t IS no exaggeration 10 say
that the entertainments given by these or
phans for many years past have been in
point of excellence and popularity. second
to none every given in Jersey City.
A ladies fair is now in progress in aid of
the church at Boonton of which Rev.
Father Poels Is rector. He expects to re-
alize $500, at least, from this fair. He hiss
recently purchased plot of ground SKIES
feet as site for SISTERS House. and has
already under consideration the plans for
the building
AAo AAo0 SalHOIlc cuuTcn quit IN BOOB
ton was small frame structure occupying
the site of the present parochial residence.
It was erected over forty years ago by Rev.
l.. d. Senez, the present venerable rector
of st. Marys Church, this city, who at that
time had pastoral charge of the territory
comprising Madison, Morristown, Whip
pany, Boonton, Mendham, Basking Ridge,
and other outlying missions. The pres ent
stone church was built in 1860 by Rev.
Father Castet, who also built, shortly afte-,
the present handsome paroehial residen, g.
He also established large and successful
parochial school, which was continued un-
til the stoppage of the rolling-mills, all
factories, blast furnaces, etc, which h I'd
for many years made Boonton one of the
the most prosperous towns in the State